Bath Time!!!

Lil Aiko needed a bath... he was starting to smell a little. So we gave him a bath. My aunt had some nice doggy shampoo she'd never used before from Italy... I can't recall the name now. However it was nice smelling stuff!! Lil Aiko smells like vanilla now! His fur is very clean and soft too.

The funniest thing though... is the way he looks when he's wet. I have the best pictures of our lil guy looking like a little drowned rat! SOOOO CUTE. I still want to cuddle him.

Aiko & Chloe

So Aiko has been getting used to his new home with us, and we all feel like he's part of the family.... everyone except for Chloe.

Chloe I guess is feeling a little jealous as this is a threat to her "baby" position. I suppose it's also my fault since I've been overly affectionate with Aiko. I will have to try and and be less affectionate to him when she's around. Either that or smother her in affection too >:]

Yesterday she kicked him, pulled his ear and then hit him. I think she got it though because I SERIOUSLY punished her for it and she has been a lot nicer to him.

However I don't want this to be a problem... so I guess I have to fix it soon.

Sweet but viscious...

Lil Aiko played for a bit in the room this morning while I got ready for work. He was so cute chasing his toys and stuff. I really love that little guy.

I left for a minute and came back and when I walked in, he ran to greet me at the door and wanted me to play with him.

I sat down and played with him for a little bit. We're still working on his bite inhibition. He likes to BITE toes. Screaming Owie! or Ouch used to work, but now he's just getting more rough. I dont understand why. We'll work on it. Next week will be better. I won't have to work so much. THANK GOD.

Biting

Aiko is biting again...

I thought we might have gotten through this. However I guess not. It will take some more work. I wish I wasn't working so much right now.

When Gioconda gets back from vacation next week I can hopefully go back to my normal hours. That would give me several more hours at home with the little guy. We'll get it. I am sure that it's because of my girls "loving" him too much.

I'm exhausted today and I ended up working until about 10 minutes ago. So Aiko and I barely played before I put him down... Now I think I might crawl into bed early, since I am so tired. 9:30pm makes me feel kinda old though...

Aww

Lil Aiko was such a doll yesterday.

He was a little grumpy when I got home, and bit me again >:( This time it broke the skin. However he kissed it and made it better :P. Right after he did it, he licked my finger as if saying he was sorry. After that his whole attitude changed.

I took him outside in the front yard to play. He LOVED it.

I got some great pictures of us :)!! I can't even express how much I love this little turd. Even when he bites me. It's so cute. I've been so excited all day to get home and see him. I want to take him outside again. Maybe go on a car ride. He likes the car. I wanted to go to Petsmart... but I haven't gotten paid yet. So I suppose that will be tomorrow.

I'm going to add these to the slide show plus the tons of others. :) I JUST ADORE THIS LIL BOY!!!!!!

Oh Joy! It's Monday!

I'm back to work again.... so soon. One day off really sucks @$$.

I miss lil Aiko. He is getting better with the biting. Really tightening his play, food, and crate time schedule works. I hope my brother can enforce this today for me.

I can't wait until I am back on my normal schedule.

Aiko Bites

SOoooooo.

Lil Aiko has a little mean streak to him.

He does NOT want to be cuddled. (Damn It)

Oh well, I suppose I can understand this. I've been reading on some forums about ways to stop the biting though. He doesn't bite so hard that he breaks the skin which is good.

Regardless of the biting I still adore him. I'm trying to give him some more puppy space, since we've been smothering him.

Today he was playing with Frankie (my parents Lab/Pit mix) VERY CUTE. LOL. Then he was chasing the greyhound, Victoria.

I'm honestly feeling a little discouraged about Aiko's biting. I've been trying some things and he still does it. I guess I should give it some time. I'm just anxious... lol... I really hope I can get him over it. I love him and really don't want to be bitten constantly... ouchies. I'm visiting these forums and I talked to the breeder... they say he just needs more space.